The persistence of induced abortion in Cuba: Exploring the notion of an "abortion culture"

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-26

  Bélanger, Danièle ^a   Flynn, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CUBA; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CUBA; DECISION MAKING; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANT WOMEN; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 61549133599     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2009.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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